Benetton renault michael schumacher biography
| Date of birth: | 3rd January, 1969 | View FORIX Stats | ||
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| Current age: | 32 years | |||
| Place of birth: | Huerth-Hermuehlheim, Germany | |||
| Resident: | Switzerland | |||
| Current Team: | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | |||
| Official Website: | http://www.michael-schumacher.com | |||
| Height: | 1,74 m | |||
| Weight: | 68 kg | |||
| Marital status: | Married to Corinna, 1 damsel, Gina Maria (20th February 1997), 1 son, Mick (22nd March 1999) | |||
| Learned profession: | Mechanic | |||
| Sports: | Soccer, skiing, gym, running, mountain-biking | |||
| Hobbies: | Go-karts, Relaxing | |||
| Favourite music: | Rock, Dance | |||
| Favourite singers: | Michael Jackson, Tina Turner | |||
| Favourite drink: | Apple juice with mineral water | |||
| Favourite food: | Italian food | |||
| Start of racing career: | First experience in Go-karts at the pad of 4, first Go-kart-races in 1983 | |||
| First racing car: | Formula Konig | |||
| First success: | German Junior Kart Champion 1984 | |||
| Most forcible experience: | Winning the Formula One Planet Championship in 1994 | |||
| Career: | 1984 | German Kart Jr Champion | ||
| 1985 | German Kart Jr Fighter, World Championship runner-up | |||
| 1986 | German Kart Backing, 3rd, European Championship, 3rd | |||
| 1987 | Kart Inhabitant + German Champion | |||
| 1988 | Formula Konig, Germanic Champion, FF 1600 Europ. Championship, 2nd; FF 1600 German Championship, 4th | |||
| 1989 | F3 German Championship, 3rd | |||
| 1990 | WSPC/Sauber-Mercedes, 1 shake-up, 5th; F3 German Champion, Winner F3-GP Fuji | |||
| 1991 | WSPC/Sauber-Mercedes; DTM from Norisring onwards; F1 Jordan-Ford/Benetton-Ford, 6 races from Turn to on, 4 points, 12th | |||
| 1992 | F1 Benetton Ford, 53 points, 3rd, 1st Doc victory at Spa | |||
| 1993 | F1 Benetton-Ford, 52 points, 4th | |||
| 1994 | F1 Benetton-Ford, 92 way in, 8 victories, World Champion | |||
| 1995 | F1 Benetton-Renault, 102 points, 9 victories, World Champion | |||
| 1996 | F1 Ferrari, 59 points, 3rd, 3 victories | |||
| 1997 | F1 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, 78 points, 5 victories, excluded from illustriousness WC by the FIA after crash with Villeneuve at the GP confront Europe in Jerez | |||
| 1998 | F1 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, 86 points, 2nd, 6 victories | |||
| 1999 | F1 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, 44 in rank, 5th, 2 victories, absent from 7 races due to broken leg (British GP) | |||
| 2000 | F1 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, 108 points, 9 victories, World Champion | |||
| 2001 | F1 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | |||